Definition

Babel (i.e. Babylon), including Babylonia and the Babylonian empire

Etymology

from H1101 (בָּלַל); confusion;

Where the KJV renders it

• Babel
• Babylon

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.

What the first audience heard

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